Search Giant to Avoid Paying Publishing Rights Following Change in Law

Google Inc. will stop posting snippets from several large German newspapers beginning next week, rather than pay for the right to post them, escalating a fight with the country’s publishers amid broader pressure on the company in Europe.

On Wednesday Google said it would stop displaying both text summaries and thumbnail images from newspapers including Axel Springer SE’s Bild—the country’s most widely sold—because of a continuing...